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Trades News and Trades Jobs 29 March 2013
BAM appointed to deliver several Midlands schools The Education Funding Agency has appointed BAM Construction as a preferred bidder for the delivery of £27 million contract for the Midlands two capita… more →
Dr. Jan Telensky
Government funding to unlock development of new Devon community
wrote 12 minutes ago: A multi-million pound package of government support will unlock development of a new Devon community … more →
5 Steps to Becoming A General Contractor
wrote 3 hours ago: The construction industry is one of the most reliable and rewarding fields anyone interested in star … more →
McGill launches tool to make green building easier
wrote 21 hours ago: Read the full story in the McGill Reporter. McGill has launched an online tool to help in the select … more →
The Contractor - Sub-Contractor Wars
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wrote 2 days ago: I got an interesting call the other day and I think this potential client and I may have found a sol … more →
The end of the Hungarian recession?
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wrote 6 days ago: The big news of the day is that the Hungarian recession has ended. Well, this is technically true, t … more →
Cost Estimator - A Thriving Career Field
wrote 1 week ago: A colleague sent me a blip from a Yahoo Education article on dying careers by Terence Loose. Cost es … more →
Plans for major new homes development win first-stage approval
wrote 1 week ago: A major development for more than 2,700 urgently-needed new homes in Northamptonshire looks set to g … more →
DSS 35 - A Project I Would Have Loved To Estimate!
wrote 1 week ago: I have worked on some amazing projects in the past – a roller coaster, a man-made island, and … more →
Call for action not legislation
wrote 1 week ago: TIME-CONSUMING new bills that will have little or no impact before 2015 are the last thing the UK ne … more →
MHM Webinar: Employee Stock Ownership Plans for the Construction Industry - June 13
wrote 1 week ago: More and more architecture, engineering and construction companies (AEC) are looking to an employee … more →
Charting our losses: 'A picture is worth a thousand words'
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wrote 1 week ago: The last four articles in this series have focused on what I call ‘two sides of the same coin’ … more →
A roofer taking a break. Restoration of the church roof, Loxley village Parish church St Nicholas, Warwickshire, UK
wrote 1 week ago: A roofer taking a break. Restoration of the church roof, Loxley village Parish church St Nicholas, W … more →
Big Island of Hawaii News, 06 May 2013 through 07 May 2013, post #1837
wrote 2 weeks ago: The views expressed in this Hawaii news summary are mine unless otherwise stated. Big Island of Hawa … more →
IGOR & The Building Leadership Simulation Centre
wrote 2 weeks ago: In large construction projects, such as this skyscraper in Melbourne, cranes are essential. (Photo c … more →
Lean Building - If Not Now, When?
wrote 2 weeks ago: If it requires six months to create a household, then 85 percent of the time is invested on two purs … more →
How social is the construction industry?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Do you need to be social to work in the construction industry? Looking around in our industry, the o … more →
Lean Building - If Not Now, When?
wrote 2 weeks ago: When there is a lack of staff, there is a tendency to reduce the occupation prerequisites to discove … more →
Lean Construction - If Not Now, When?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Throwing dollars at a issue is never ever a solution, but wages are a component in the equation. Hen … more →
The Benefit of Being Honest
wrote 3 weeks ago: When I first started out in estimating, I made a huge jump from field helper to estimator. Shortly … more →
